It's what dreams are made of and nightmares kindled: Most home owners aspire to it; some take a few tentative steps and fewer still are crazy enough to go the full hog! This blog shares some of the trials and tribulations of a major redevelopment of a 1950s home through a cataclysmic transformation which retains the best of the last Century while metamorposing the property into a design classic fit for today's living.

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

No further forward...

OK, so we’re 17 weeks late and should be focusing on tidying up and finishing the project well in time for Christmas. That’s the theory. Today’s site meeting was yet another act of smoke and mirrors, interspersed with empty promises. At the time of writing, we’re still waiting for clarification on plasterers (should have been on site last Monday, with work for two weeks); tilers (same as plasterers); plumbers (needed to hook up the various pipes concealed in the bathroom floor/link ceiling); electricians (to fit external lights); joiners (required to fit out the link); glaziers (to supply the glass for the en-suite and sliding doors); various trades to finish start and finish the utility room; and the list goes on and on. When will it all finish? Who knows?